Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Danger Zone	Everybody Needs It	04:18
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold (demo)	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:53
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Matt* Lucas	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Fear Itself	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
David Amram	Old Man and the Children	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:48
Loni Gamble	In love for the First Time	ST	03:40
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
David Amram	Your Smile On My Mind	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	We the People	02:25
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Joe* Glazer	We are Building a New Party	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:43
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Wedding March	Ukrainian Pops	04:09
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Matt* Lucas	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Jack Holland	The Time Or the Place	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:46
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Albert Jones*	Mother Nature	The Facts of Life	02:48
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir*	Here Come the Hawks	Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)	02:25
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Matt* Lucas	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Respect	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	02:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie)	ST	03:02
Buddy Knox	Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep	ST	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:07
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Ursa Major*	Stage Door Queen	ST	05:25
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Lady's Dream	And I Love Her	01:51
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	King of the Cops	I'm a Song	03:06
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Ursa Major*	Liberty and Justice	ST	05:52
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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